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We study a conspicuous ring-like structure with a radius of about 1.4 degrees which was observed with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) at 5 frequencies around 350 MHz. This ring is very prominent in Stokes Q and U, and less…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Haverkorn , P. Katgert , A. G. de Bruyn

Multi-frequency, polarimetric VLA observations of the non-thermal filaments (NTF's), G0.08+0.15, and G359.96+0.09, also known as the Northern and Southern Threads are presented at 20, 6, 3.6 and 2 cm, with high enough spatial resolution to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Cornelia C. Lang , Mark Morris , Luis Echevarria

Polarization measurements of the microquasar Cygnus X-1 exist at gamma-ray, X-ray, UV, optical and radio frequencies. The gamma-ray emission has been shown to be highly linearly polarized. Here, we present new infrared polarimetric data of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 David M. Russell , Tariq Shahbaz

We discuss observations of the linearly polarized component of the diffuse galactic radio background. These observations, with an angular resolution of 4', were made with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) in 5 frequency bands…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Haverkorn , P. Katgert , A. G. de Bruyn

Faraday rotation of radio source polarization provides a measure of the integrated magnetic field along the observational lines of sight. We compare a new, large sample of Faraday rotation measures (RMs) of polarized extragalactic sources…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Yongzhong Xu , Philipp P. Kronberg , Salman Habib , Quentin W. Dufton

The XA region of the Cygnus Loop is a complex zone of radiative and nonradiative shocks interacting with interstellar clouds. We combine five far ultraviolet spectral observations from the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT), a grid of 24…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Charles W. Danforth , William P. Blair , John C. Raymond

We present a complete atlas of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant in the light of [O III] (5007), H alpha, and [S II] (6717, 6731). Despite its shell-like appearance, the Cygnus Loop is not a current example of a Sedov-Taylor blast wave.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 N. A. Levenson , James R. Graham , Luke D. Keller , Matthew J. Richter

We present an analysis of the polarization of compact radio sources from six pointings of the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) at 350 MHz with 35% coverage in lambda^2. After correcting for the off-axis instrumental polarization…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Damon Farnsworth , Lawrence Rudnick , Shea Brown

The repeating FRB source, FRB 20201124A, was found to be highly active in March and April 2021. We observed the source with the Effelsberg 100-m radio telescope at 1.36 GHz on 9 April 2021 and detected 20 bursts. A downward drift in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-01 G. H. Hilmarsson , L. G. Spitler , R. A. Main , D. Z. Li

We report on polarimetric observations of 100 pulsars centered on 774 MHz, made using the Green Bank Telescope, presenting their polarization profiles and polarized flux densities and comparing them with previous observations when possible.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-25 J. L. Han , P. B. Demorest , W. van Straten , A. G. Lyne

We have finished the 6cm polarization survey of the Galactic plane using the Urumqi 25m radio telescope. It covers 10deg<l<230deg in Galactic longitude and |b| <5deg in Galactic latitude. The new polarization maps not only reveal new…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 J. L. Han , W. Reich , X. H. Sun , X. Y. Gao , L. Xiao , W. B. Shi , P. Reich , R. Wielebinski

Recently a data set containing linear and circular polarisation information of a collection of six hundred pulsars has been released. The operative radio wavelength for the same was 21 cm. Pulsars radio emission process is modelled either…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-11-11 Karam Chand , Subhayan Mandal

We present 1 to 10GHz radio continuum flux density, spectral index, polarisation and Rotation Measure (RM) images of the youngest known Galactic Supernova Remnant (SNR) G1.9+0.3, using observations from the Australia Telescope Compact Array…

We used the CSO 10.4 meter telescope to image the 350 micron and 450 micron continuum and CO J=6-5 line emission of the IRAS 20126+4104 clump. The continuum and line observations show that the clump is isolated over a 4 pc region and has a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Hiroko Shinnaga , Thomas G. Phillips , Ray S. Furuya , Riccardo Cesaroni

Pulsar polarization profiles are critical for understanding their magnetospheric structures and radiation mechanisms. We present polarization profile measurements for 25 pulsars in globular clusters (GCs) from the observation of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-08 Tong Liu , Lin Wang , Zhichen Pan

Circular polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) offers the possibility of detecting rotations of the universe and magnetic fields in the primeval universe or in distant clusters of galaxies. We used the Milano Polarimeter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-05 R. Mainini , D. Minelli , M. Gervasi , G. Boella , G. Sironi , A. Bau' , S. Banfi , A. Passerini , A. De Lucia , F. Cavaliere

We present the first section of a radio continuum and polarization survey at medium Galactic latitudes carried out with the Effelsberg 100-m telescope at 1.4 GHz. Four large fields have been observed, which all together cover an area of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 B. Uyaniker , E. Fuerst , W. Reich , P. Reich , R. Wielebinski

Sensitive radio continuum surveys of the Galactic plane are ideal for discovering new supernova remnants (SNRs). From the Sino-German {\lambda}6 cm polarisation survey of the Galactic plane, an extended shell-like structure has been found…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-11 X. Y. Gao , P. Reich , W. Reich , L. G. Hou , J. L. Han

We present here the results of the mapping observation of the Cygnus Loop with the Gas Imaging Spectrometer (GIS) onboard the ASCA observatory. The data covered the entire region of the Cygnus Loop. Spatial resolution of the GIS is moderate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 E. Miyata , H. Tsunemi , K. Koyama , Y. Ishisaki

We present preliminary results from mapping the high-latitude Galactic polarization with the Effelsberg Telescope at $\lambda$21 cm. Structures on the resulting maps are mostly on the scale of several degrees. The results show detection of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Z. Zainal Abidin , J. P. Leahy , A. Wilkinson , P. Reich , W. Reich , R. Wielebinski